Chelopech Hill
Chelopech Hill (Bulgarian: хълм Челопеч, ‘Halm Chelopech’ \'h&lm che-lo-'pech\) is the ice-covered hill rising to 938 m[1] in the north foothills of Detroit Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting Russell West Glacier to the north.
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Location of Trinity Peninsula.
The hill is named after the settlement of Chelopech in Western Bulgaria.
Location
Chelopech Hill is located at 63°43′28″S 58°42′03″W, which is 1.63 km north-northwest of Mount Schuyler, 4.07 km east of Zlatolist Hill, 12.95 km south of Mount Ignatiev in Srednogorie Heights, and 1.9 km west-southwest of Sirius Knoll. German-British mapping in 1996.
Maps
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
Note
- Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
References
- Chelopech Hill. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Chelopech Hill. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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